Pierre Attaingnant

Alias: Pierre Attaignant

Life

Born: c. 1494

Died: 1551 or 1552

Biography Attaingnant leased out a printing press 13 January 1514 (1513 Old Style) and is described in the contract as a "bookseller, living in Paris"; he published a breviary in 1525 and 2 years later began printing music, receiving a patent and in 1537 the title "imprimeur et libraire du Roy en musique". His death occurred between October 3 1551 and the end of 1552. Afterwards, his business was carried on for a few years by his widow, Marie, and his editor, Claude Gervaise. He is not definitely known to have been a composer himself.

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List of choral works

• Tourdion

 
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Publications

Chansons nouvelles en musique à quatre parties 1528 Trente et quatre chansons musicales à quatre parties – 1529, January 23 Motetz nouvellement composez – 1529 Trente et cinq chansons musicales à quatre parties – 1529 Quarante et deux chansons musicales à troys parties – 1529, April 22 Trente chansons musicales a quatre parties – 1529 XII motetz musicaulx a quatre et cinq voix – 1529, October 1 Trente et une chansons musicales a quatre parties – 1529, November 1 Trente et huyt chansons musicales a quatre parties – 1530, January 1 Six Gaillardes et six Pavanes avec Treze chansons musicales a quatre parties – 1530 Neuf basses dances, deux branles, vingt et cinq Pavennes, avec quinze Gaillardes – 1530 Trente et six chansons musicales a quatre parties – 1530 Vingt et neuf chansons musicales à quatre parties – 1530 Trente et troys chansons nouvelles en musique a quatre parties – 1532, February 1 Vingt et huit chansons nouvelles en musique a quatre parties – 1532, February Viginti missarum musicalium – 1532 – in seven volumes Vingt et sept chansons musicales à quatre parties – 1533, April Chansons musicales a quatre parties – 1533, April Trente chansons musicales – 1534, February Vingt et huyt chansons musicales – 1534, March Motettorum, Book 1 – 1534, April Missarum liber primus – 1534, May Motettorum, Book 2 – 1534, May Motettorum, Book 3 – 1534, June Motettorum, Book 4 – 1534, June Motettorum, Book 5 – 1534, August Motettorum, Book 6 – 1534, September Trente et une chansons musicales a quatre parties – 1534, September Vingt et huyt chansons musicales a quatre parties – 1534, October Motettorum, Book 7 – 1534, November Motettorum, Book 8 – 1534, December Motettorum, Book 9 – 1535, January Motettorum, Book 10 – 1535, February Vingt et six chansons musicales a quatre parties – 1535, February Motettorum, Book 11 – 1535, March Motettorum, Book 12 – 1535, March Trente et une chansons musicales a troys parties – 1535, April Motettorum, Book 13 – 1535, May Livre premier contenant XXIX chansons à quatre parties – 1536, January Premier livre contenant XXXI chansons musicales – 1536, February Second livre contenant XXXI chansons musicales – 1536, February Chansons musicales esleves de plusieurs livres – 1536

Second livre contenant XXV chansons nouvelles a quatre parties – 1536, April Tiers livre contenant XXI chansons à quatre esleves de plusieurs livres – 1536, May Tiers livre contenant XXX chansons vieilles esleves de plusieurs livres – 1538, March Livre 2: 27 chansons a 4 – 1538 Livre 3: 28 chansons a 4 – 1538 Livre 4: 27 chansons a 4 – 1538 Livre 5: 25 chansons a 4 – 1538 Livre 6: 27 chansons a 4 – 1539 Livre 7: 29 chansons a 4 – 1539 Motettorum, Book 14 – 1539 Missarum musicalium quatuor vocum liber tertius – 1540 Livre 8: 19 chansons a 4 – 1540 Livre 9: 27 chansons a 4 – 1540 Livre 10: 28 chansons a 4 – 1541 Livre 11: 28 chansons a 4 – 1542 Livre 12: 30 chansons a 4 – 1543 Livre 13: 19 chansons a 4 – 1543 Livre 14: 29 chansons a 4 – 1543 Livre 15: 30 chansons a 4 – 1544 Livre 16: 29 chansons a 4 – 1545 Livre 17: 19 chansons a 4 – 1545 Livre 18: 28 chansons a 4 – 1545 Operum musicalium liber primus (Guillaume Le Heurteur) – 1545 Livre 19: 22 chansons a 4 – 1546 Livre 20: 28 chansons a 4 – 1546 Livre 22: 26 chansons a 4 – 1547 Livre 23: 17 chansons a 4 – 1547 Livre 24: 26 chansons a 4 – 1547 Livre 25: 28 chansons a 4 – 1547 Livre 26: 27 Chansons a 4 – 1548 Premier livre des chansons esleves en nombre XXX – 1549, February 14 Livre 28: 28 chansons a 4 – 1549 Livre 29: 29 chansons a 4 – 1549 Livre 30: 28 chansons a 4 – 1549, April 20 Livre 31: 30 chansons a 4 – 1549, May 22 Livre 32: 24 chansons a 4 – 1549 Livre 33: 20 chansons a 4 – 1549, October 12 Livre 34: 20 chansons a 4 – 1549, November 10 Second livre contenant xxix chansons esleves – 1549, December 3 Livre 35: 24 chansons a 4 – 1550, January 22 Livre 36: 30 chansons tres musicales – 1550, March 14 Tiers livre contenant xxviii chansons esleves – 1550, July 1

External links

• Works by Pierre Attaingnant in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)